Dark Ghostshark

materials_examined

11 specimens - ANSP 174646 - 4, male, 715 mm TL, 505 mm PCL, 410 mm BDL; ANSP 174646 - 5, female, 655 mm TL, 388 mm PCL, 300 mm BDL; ANSP 174646 - 6, male, 670 mm TL, 440 mm PCL, 348 mm BDL; ANSP 174646 - 7, female, 700 mm TL, 552 mm PCL, 432 mm BDL; ANSP 174646 - 8, male, 655 mm TL, 533 mm PCL, 425 mm BDL; ANSP 174646 - 9, female, 698 mm TL, 390 mm PCL, 296 mm BDL; ANSP 174646 - 10, male, 480 mm TL, 375 mm PCL, 288 mm BDL; ANSP 174646 - 11, female, 650 mm TL, 384 mm PCL, 303 mm BDL; ANSP 174646 - 12, male, 614 mm TL, 454 mm PCL, 365 mm BDL; ANSP 174646 - 14, male, 762 mm TL, 487 mm PCL, 373 mm BDL; ANSP 174646 - 15, male, 635 mm TL, 393 mm PCL, 306 mm BDL; all from Northern Campbell Plateau, New Zealand (48 ° 55.02 - 55.08 ' S, 167 ° 2.75 - 7.29 ' E), 03 Mar. 1995, GRV “ TANGAROA ” (cruise TAN 9502 / 095).

Hydrolagus mccoskeri sp. nov., a new species of chimaeroid fish from the Galápagos Islands (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae).